Laos—Air Force Receives Yak-130 Training Aircraft From Russia

Interfax-Military News Agency | 01/11/2019

The Laotian military has reportedly accepted delivery of training aircraft from Russia, reports Interfax-AVN (Russia).
Laos received several Yak-130 jet trainers, an unnamed Russian source told the news agency on Thursday.
Moscow has declined to comment on the report.
The Yak-130 can be used to train fighter pilots, as well as for air and strike operations.
Separately, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that 30 Soviet-era T-34 tanks had been returned from Laos, where...